Whenever

2020 release. For over 20 years, Atmosphere has pursued the underbelly of what it means to be human with a rabid curiosity. Ants dusky production has provided the pulse for Slugs evolving and matter-of-fact pen. As Slug transitioned from throwing-up-in-the-backseat-raps to holding-hands-when-you-cross-the-street-raps, Ant has grown to be a master of crate digging and unearthing the humanity of a drum loop. Thriving at the intersection of guttural and self-effacing, Atmosphere will go down as some of Americas best archivists. On Whenever, the duo continue to move in lockstep. Within the minutiae lie clues theyre still struggling with mortality and the need to protect emotional energy, as on previous releases, but theres a quiet romanticism now, with Slug soundingreluctantlyin love with life. And no other producer can pull truths out of a rapper like Ant fishes the blues out of Slug. The album breathes in the way only Slug and Ant could summon a collective breath. On Whenever, the duo inhale panic and exhale greatness.